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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 264 user samples
264 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 67% 465GB free
Worst Bench: 14% 198GB free
Poor: 14% Great: 67%
SPEED RANK: 498th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
40.3 % 87.8 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+118%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
73.2 MB/s 155 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+112%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
69.4 MB/s 136 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+97%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
0.55 MB/s 0.86 MB/s Much faster random read.
+56%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
1.58 MB/s 1.99 MB/s Faster random write.
+26%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
49 MB/s 79.2 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+62%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.59 MB/s 0.83 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+41%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
67 MB/s 150 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+125%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
121 MB/s 199 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+64%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
116 MB/s 180 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+56%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
0.8 MB/s 1.03 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+29%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
2.4 MB/s 2.47 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
93.4 MB/s 93.6 MB/s +0%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1 MB/s 1 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
117 MB/s 195 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+66%
Market Share
Based on 53,894,224 HDDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 59.6 % More popular.
+19%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 3.39 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Age
Newest
103+ Months More recent.
+21%
125 Months
Capacity
Capacity
500GB   —
Hard Drive Rankings (Price vs Performance) November 2024 HDD Rankings

We calculate effective speed which measures performance for typical consumers. Effective speed is adjusted by current cost per GB to yield value for money. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top HDDs. [HDrivePro]

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The Best
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169Nvidia RTX 4060 $295WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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